Sir Thomas Hare, 5th Baronet

The son of Sir Ralph Hare and his wife, Doreen Pleasance Anna Bagge, he was born at Westminster in July 1930.^[1] He was educated at Eton College, before going up to Magdalene College, Cambridge.^[1] He debuted in minor counties cricket for Norfolk in the 1947 Minor Counties Championship.^[2] In between leaving Eton and going up to the University of Cambridge, Hare carried out his National Service with the Coldstream Guards as a second lieutenant in June 1949,^[3] with promotion to the rank of lieutenant in December 1950.^[4] While at Cambridge he made his debut in first-class cricket for Cambridge University against Sussex at Fenner's in 1953.^[5] He made eight further appearances for Cambridge in 1953,^[5] scoring 218 runs at an average of 15.57, with a high score of 47.^[6] With right-arm fast-medium bowling he took 18 wickets at a bowling average of 37.55, with best figures of 5 for 35,^[7] which came against Worcestershire.^[8] He played his final two minor counties fixtures for Norfolk in 1954,^[2] as well as appearing in a first-class fixture for the Free Foresters against Cambridge University.^[5]

He married Lady Rose Amanda Bligh in September 1961, with the couple having two children.^[1] Upon the death of his father in October 1976, he succeeded him as the 5th Baronet.^[1] Hare died at King's Lynn in January 1993.^[1] Upon his death, he was succeeded as the 6th Baronet by his cousin, Philip.^[1]

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